The definitive explanation of Compact Disc - Interactive, written by the
authors of the system, Philips International of the Netherlands.
The book was written by a team of Philips and associated company
technical experts, and design professionals working in the field, all too
numerous to name individually. This book is essential reading for those
wishing to familiarize themselves with this new technology, and places
special emphasis on the design aspects for developing CD-I discs.
Compact Disc -Interactive, CD-I for short, is the latest development in
the field of Optical Recording, based on the highly successful
CD-Audio, those shiny silver discs that make that perfect sound.
CD-I starts from the existing capability of CD-Audio, and adds pictures,
cartoon animation, text, computer programs, as well as a whole range of
audio quality levels too. And as the name says, CD-I is interactive, in
other words, it responds to the demands of the user, and provides the
information he or she requests directly.
CD-I has been defined by the Compact Disc license holders,
N.V. Philips and Sony Corporation, as a complete specification,
covering not only how information is to be stored on the disc, but also
how the stored information is encoded and decoded.
This book provides full details on what CD-I can do, and how it works in
practice. A series of example applications are given to show the
designer how to approach the design of CD-I discs.
ISBN 90-201-2121-9 / ISBN 9020121219